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ON-LINE EDUCATION COURSE DESCRIPTIONS

75-Hour Georgia Salesperson License Course

25-Hour Post License Course

24 Hour Continuing Education Packet

Buyer Representation Course

Commercial Real Estate: Listing Properties

Commercial Real Estate: Understanding Investments

Commercial Set 1

Commercial Set 2

Diversity of Doing Business

Environmental Issues in Your Real Estate Practices

Ethics and Real Estate

Fair Housing

Introduction to Commercial Real Estate Sales

Real Estate and Taxes!  What Every Agent Should Know

Real Estate Finance Today

Risk Management

Property Management and Managing Risk


DESCRIPTIONS

Georgia 24 Hour CE Packet

Georgia 24 Hour CE Course Pac 1 discusses a wide range of important continuing education topics including Red Flags, Environmental Issues, Property Management, and Real Estate Finance Today.

As part of our line of continuing education products, this course combines lessons that students can review at their own pace, up to five different types of interactive exercises, visually stimulating instructional graphics, and exams that measure the students understanding of the material.


Buyer Representation Course

Written by the creators of the CBR® buyer agency designation, Buyer Representation in Real Estate delivers a solid course on how to act as a buyer's agent-or complete a transaction with one.

As part of our line of continuing education products, this course combines lessons that students can review at their own pace, up to five different types of interactive exercises, visually stimulating instructional graphics, and exams that measure the students understanding of the material.


Commercial Real Estate: Listing Properties

This course introduces concepts critical to successfully listing properties. As students learn new concepts and key formulas, they are given an opportunity to apply them through the problems presented in the case studies.

As part of our line of continuing education products, this course combines lessons that students can review at their own pace, up to five different types of interactive exercises, visually stimulating instructional graphics, and exams that measure the students understanding of the material.


Commercial Real Estate: Understanding Investments

This course introduces concepts critical to successfully working with investment properties and clients. As students learn new concepts and key formulas, they are given an opportunity to apply them through the problems presented in the case studies.

As part of our line of continuing education products, this course combines lessons that students can review at their own pace, up to five different types of interactive exercises, visually stimulating instructional graphics, and exams that measure the students understanding of the material.


Commercial Set 1

This course introduces popular nationwide elective continuing education topics such as: commercial real estate, providing a blueprint for commercial real estate transactions; investment properties, discussing concepts critical to successfully working with investment properties and clients; and property listings, helping you gather and organize the information needed in getting the listing and marketing the property.

As part of our line of continuing education products, this course combines lessons that students can review at their own pace, up to five different types of interactive exercises, visually stimulating instructional graphics, and exams that measure the students understanding of the material.


Commercial Set 2

This course introduces popular nationwide elective continuing education topics such as: property management, providing an overview of the field and describing the major functions of property managers; investment properties, discussing concepts critical to successfully working with investment properties and clients; and property listings, helping you gather and organize the information needed in getting the listing and marketing the property.

As part of our line of continuing education products, this course combines lessons that students can review at their own pace, up to five different types of interactive exercises, visually stimulating instructional graphics, and exams that measure the students understanding of the material.


Diversity of Doing Business

Written by a leading educator with more than twenty five years of experience in real estate sales, Diversity and Doing Business defines diversity and its related issues for a real estate audience while giving agents the practical advice they need to work with buyers and sellers of all backgrounds and cultures.

As part of our line of continuing education products, this course combines lessons that students can review at their own pace, up to five different types of interactive exercises, visually stimulating instructional graphics, and exams that measure the students understanding of the material.


Environmental Issues in Your Real Estate Practices

This course teaches agents what to look for when evaluating a property, how to perform "due diligence" regarding environmental issues, and how to avoid legal liability.

As part of our line of continuing education products, this course combines lessons that students can review at their own pace, up to five different types of interactive exercises, visually stimulating instructional graphics, and exams that measure the students understanding of the material.


Ethics and Real Estate

In the day-to-day practice of real estate, agents are required to make decisions that involve ethical reasoning. This course not only explains the issues surrounding real estate ethics in simple terms, it gives agents the blueprint they need to evaluate a situation and make the ethical decision--the right decision--for all involved parties.

As part of our line of continuing education products, this course combines lessons that students can review at their own pace, up to five different types of interactive exercises, visually stimulating instructional graphics, and exams that measure the students understanding of the material.


Fair Housing

Recent fair housing legislation has been aimed at dramatically strengthening the enforcement mechanisms and remedies enacted in 1968. Agents today must be careful to deliver "equal professional service" to avoid legal trouble. This course helps students provide the consistency, objectivity, and documentation of service that the law requires.

As part of our line of continuing education products, this course combines lessons that students can review at their own pace, up to five different types of interactive exercises, visually stimulating instructional graphics, and exams that measure the students understanding of the material.


Introduction to Commercial Real Estate Sales

Popular nationwide as an elective continuing education topic, commercial real estate can be especially lucrative for both agents and investors. This course provides a blueprint for commercial real estate transactions, written by a successful expert who has "been there."

As part of our line of continuing education products, this course combines lessons that students can review at their own pace, up to five different types of interactive exercises, visually stimulating instructional graphics, and exams that measure the students understanding of the material.


Real Estate and Taxes!  What Every Agent Should Know

This course is an excellent resource for students looking to further their knowledge of how tax law changes have effect real estate investment. The online course includes such things as real-life case studies and learning objectives to highlight key topics. Moreover, review questions help to reinforce what the student has read.

As part of our line of continuing education products, this course combines lessons that students can review at their own pace, up to five different types of interactive exercises, visually stimulating instructional graphics, and exams that measure the students understanding of the material.


Real Estate Finance Today

Real Estate Finance Today is a comprehensive look at the use of principal financing instruments.

As part of our line of continuing education products, this course combines lessons that students can review at their own pace, up to five different types of interactive exercises, visually stimulating instructional graphics, and exams that measure the students understanding of the material.


Risk Management

This text provides the essentials of risk management that every sales professional must know to avoid legal problems and give their clients the best service possible.

As part of our line of continuing education products, this course combines lessons that students can review at their own pace, up to five different types of interactive exercises, visually stimulating instructional graphics, and exams that measure the students understanding of the material.


Property Management and Managing Risk

This course will help real estate professionals manage liability while spreading their efforts between sales and property management.

As part of our line of continuing education products, this course combines lessons that students can review at their own pace, up to five different types of interactive exercises, visually stimulating instructional graphics, and exams that measure the students understanding of the material.


75-Hour Georgia Salesperson License Course

The Salesperson License Course is the first step one takes to get their real estate career started.

The course is a 75 hour program. The student needs to complete the program by attending all 75 hours of instruction and by passing a monitored course exam with a 75%.  The State Exam is given by the Georgia Real Estate Commission and also requires a score of 75% or greater to pass.  

This course covers the basic principles and practices of real estate and Georgia license law.  The textbooks which can be used as the guide to the On-Line Course are Modern Real Estate Practice by Galaty, Allaway, Kyle; and Georgia Real Estate Basics   by Cynthia Joachim and Judy Glenn.

The Time Line (75- hours = 4500 Minutes) Unit-Chapters

The first 24 Unit/Chapters follow the textbook Modern Real Estate Practice

39   Minutes.....Unit/Chapter - 1-Introduction to The Real Estate Business
156 Minutes ....Unit/Chapter - 2-Real Property and the Law
39   Minutes ....Unit/Chapter - 3-Concepts of Home Ownership
195 Minutes.....Unit/Chapter - 4-Agency
195 Minutes......Unit/Chapter - 5-Real Estate Brokerage
117 Minutes.....Unit/Chapter - 6-Listing Agreements and Buyer

                                                       Representation
234 Minutes....Unit/Chapter - 7-Interest in Real Estate
234.Minutes....Unit/Chapter - 8-Forms of Real Estate Ownership
78   Minutes....Unit/Chapter - 9-Legal Descriptions
117 Minutes....Unit/Chapter - 10-Real Estate Taxes and Other Liens.
195 Minutes....Unit/Chapter - 11-Real Estate Contracts
78   Minutes....Unit/Chapter - 12-Transfer of Title
39   Minutes....Unit/Chapter - 13-Title Records
234 Minutes....Unit/Chapter - 14-Real Estate Financing Principles
312 Minutes....Unit/Chapter - 15-Real Estate Financing Practices
117 Minutes....Unit/Chapter - 16-Leases
195 Minutes....Unit/Chapter - 17-Property Management
312 Minutes....Unit/Chapter - 18-Real Estate Appraisal
234 Minutes....Unit/Chapter - 19-Land-Use Controls and Property

                                                        Development
156 Minutes ...Unit/Chapter - 20-Fair Housing and Ethical Practices
117 Minutes....Unit/Chapter - 21-Environmental Issues and the Real Estate

                                                        Transaction
195 Minutes....Unit/Chapter - 22-Closing the Real Estate Transaction
156 Minutes....Unit/Chapter - 23-Introduction to Real Estate Investment
156 Minutes....Unit/Chapter - 24-Math Frequently Asked Questions

The following unit/Chapters follow the textbook Georgia Real Estate

Practice & Law

75   Minutes....Unit/Chapter - 1-Georgia Real Estate License Law
45   Minutes....Unit/Chapter - 2-Rules of the Georgia Real Estate        

Commission

90   Minutes....Unit/Chapter -  3-Georgia's Brokerage Relationships in Real Estate Transactions Act
30   Minutes....Unit/Chapter - 4-Georgia Antitrust Laws
15   Minutes....Unit/Chapter - 5-Georgia Legal Descriptions
45   Minutes....Unit/Chapter - 6-Georgia Listing Agreements
30   Minutes....Unit/Chapter - 7-Georgia Market Analysis
30   Minutes....Unit/Chapter - 8-Georgia Estimate Net to Seller Form
105 Minutes...Unit/Chapter - 9-Georgia Buyer Representation
30   Minutes....Unit/Chapter - 10-Georgia Estimate of Cost to Buyer Form
45  Minutes....Unit/Chapter - 11-Georgia Real Estate Contracts
45  Minutes....Unit/Chapter - 12-Georgia Property Management
15  Minutes....Unit/Chapter - 13-Georgia Leases
15  Minutes.....Unit/Chapter - 14 Georgia Community Association

                                                        Management
4500 Minutes - 75 Total Hours


25-Hour Post License Course

This course is the required course that needs to be taken before the first newal.  Once the student completes the program, the school will mail the designated proctor the exam.  The course exam is a 50 question multiple choice exam.   Before the school can grade the exam the Student Notarized Affidavit and the Proctor Affidavit must be completed.

The time-line for the On-line 25-Hour Post Licensing Course follows:

115 Minutes - Unit 1 - The Nature & Cycle of Real Estate Finance
115 Minutes - Unit 2 - Money and the Monetary System
115 Minutes - Unit 3 - Additional Government Activities
115 Minutes - Unit 4 - The Secondary Mortgage Market
115 Minutes - Unit 5 - Sources of Funds: Fiduciaries
115 Minutes - Unit 6 - Sources of Funds: Semifiduciary and Nonfiduciary
115 Minutes - Unit 7 - Intrument of Real Estate Finance
115 Minutes - Unit 8 - Real Estate Contract
115 Minutes - Unit 9 - HUD-1 Costing Statement
115 Minutes - Unit 10 - Conventional Loans
115 Minutes - Unit 11 - Federal Housing Administration (FHA)
115 Minutes - Unit 12 - VA Real Estate Loan Guarantees
115 Minutes - Unit 13 - When All Else Fails
1500 Minutes  - Total

25 Total Hours

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